Arnold Palmer's career in pictures

September 26, 2016
Golf News

We select some of the best photographs from Arnold Palmer's illustrious career...

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The scoreboard during match number 20 of the Open Championship at Royal Troon Golf Club in July 1962. American champion Arnold Palmer is playing Australia’s Kel Nagle. Currently, Palmer is 5 under, and Nagle is 2 under

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American golfer Arnold Palmer, circa 1975

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Arnold Palmer at St Andrews during the Champion Golfers’ Challenge ahead of the 144th Open Championship on July 15, 2015

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Arnold Palmer and his wife Winnie during a ceremony in Palmer’s honour at the 1995 Masters

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Arnold Palmer watches his shot during the 1990 RMCC Invitational at the Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, California

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Tiger Woods and Arnold Palmer hold the trophy at the Bay Hill Invitational at the Bay Hill Golf Club in Orlando, Florida

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Arnold Palmer lines up a putt on his back during the 1990 RMCC Invitational at the Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, California

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Arnold Palmer, left, and Jack Nicklaus receive their prizes after they had won the Canada Cup at St-Nom-La-Breteche, France, in 1963. Giving the prizes are Prince Michel Bourbon de Parme, centre, and Howard L Clark, president of the International Golf Association

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Jack Nicklaus points to Arnold Palmer during the 1993 US Open at Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania

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Arnold Palmer in action during the Piccadilly World Match Play Championships in Wentworth, Surrey, in 1967

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Arnold Palmer shares a joke with Greg Norman during the US Masters at the Augusta National Golf Club on April 5, 1990

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Arnold Palmer, left, and entertainer Bob Hope examine a bent golf club during the filming of Call Me Bwana at Denham, London

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Arnold Palmer pops the ball out of a bunker during the Masters at Augusta on April 9, 1992

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Arnold Palmer shows young Jane Coop the way to putt at Royal Birkdale, Southport, where he is practising for his Ryder Cup match in October 1965

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Arnold Palmer plays out of the infamous Church Pews Bunker during the US Open at Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania on June 16, 1994

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American golfer Arnold Palmer drives out of a sand trap during the Open Championship at St Andrews

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Arnold Palmer waves to the crowd as he walks up to the 18th fairway on his final appearance in the Open at St Andrews on July 21, 1995

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Film star Sean Connery gets a few tips from Arnold Palmer, his partner in a Pro-Am tournament in Paris in 1976

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From left: Raymond Floyd, Arnold Palmer, Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus sit on Swilken Bridge at St Andrews during the 1995 Open Championship

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Golfing legends Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer share a joke during the Masters on April 9, 1987 at Augusta National Golf Club

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US Team captain Arnold Palmer hugs team member Scott Hoch following their final match victory over the International Team in the 1996 Presidents Cup at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club at Lake Manassas, Virginia

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Arnold Palmer lines up a putt during the 1993 US Senior Open at the Cherry Hills Golf Course in Englewood, Colorado

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Arnold Palmer during the Par 3 competition at the 2001 Masters

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Golfing legend Arnold Palmer, who died at the age of 87 on Sunday, had one of the greatest careers in the game.

Seven Major titles, over 90 professional wins and one of the most popular men to have played the game, the American had some career.